Valdi stares at his friend Lucas, anxiously awaiting the diagnosis. At this moment, his heart races like that of a defendant awaiting the judge's verdict, about to receive the death sentence. Is that what awaits him?
Lucas continues his explanation while turning his computer screen toward Valdi. On the screen, two-dimensional images from the X-ray results are displayed.
"Based on the CT Scan results, you are suffering from Cerebral Atrophy, or brain shrinkage."
Hearing this, Valdi's face turns as pale as a sheet of paper, as if all the blood has drained from it.
"Have you heard of this condition? It's a loss of neurons or nerve cells in the brain, as well as damage to the connections between brain cells. The loss of cells and neural tissue causes the brain to shrink, making it smaller
